St. Maw

17 May

Born in Ireland. Only Husenbeth mentions this saint, whose name in
Cornish means "a boy." He appears to have left his homeland in search
of solitude in Cornwall. In his hermitage on the sea near Falmouth, he
lived a life of prayer and austere penance at Saint Mawes. A church,
chair of solid stone in the churchyard, and a holy well still bear his
name. Leland writes that Maw had been a teacher and later a bishop in
Britain
(Husenbeth).